INDEX Spacecraft: Science

Welcome to "INDEX Science" home page!

What is "INDEX" ? [in Japanese]

INDEX spacecraft is small "piggy-bag" mission for the studies of spacecraft enginnering and auroral physics.

INDEX: Introduction & Status [powerpoint] (Aug. 11, 2000)

INDEX: Cemara and Current Moniter [powerpoint] (Jan. 19, 2001)

Schedules

INDEX Science Team

Team members


Rikkyo Univ.	Hirahara, M. [Chief]	hirahara@rikkyo.ac.jp
Tohoku Univ.	Okano, S.	okano@pparc.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp
	Sakanoi, T.	tsakanoi@pparc.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp
Inst. Polar Res.	Ejiri, M.	ejiri@uap.nipr.ac.jp
	Okada, M.	mokada@uap.nipr.ac.jp
	Kikuchi, M.	kikuchi@uap.nipr.ac.jp
ISAS	Mukai, T.	mukai@stp.isas.jaxa.jp
	Saito, Y.	saito@stp.isas.jaxa.jp
	Asamura, K.	asamura@stp.isas.jaxa.jp
	Tanaka, H.	htanaka@stp.isas.jaxa.jp
	Kasaba, Y.	kasaba@stp.isas.jaxa.jp

Inside information <<<<< Group members only >>>>>

Information for the construction, data analysis, etc.

Related Projects in ISAS

---- on-going ----
• Akebono (EXOS-D) [1989-: Akebono]
• GEOTAIL [1992-: Magnetotail]
• Nozomi (Planet-b) [1998-: Mars]
---- past ----
• SS-520-2 Rocket [2001: Aurora study]
---- preparing ----
• SELENE [2004-: Moon]
  
---- planning ----
• Venus [2007-: Venus]
• Mercury [2009-: Mercury]

Solar-Terrestrial Physics Links

ISAS: Solar-Terrestrial Physics Group